Cane cutter



April 9, 1929. L. ANKENBAur-:R 1,708,350

CANE GUTTER Filed'march v, 1927 Lee/ Ankeflauer lNf/ENTOR Patented Apr. 9, 1929.

LEE ANKENBAUER, OF STRAWN, TEXAS.

CANE GUTTER.

Application filed March 7, 1927. Serial No. 173,292.

This invention rclates to improvcincnts in cane cutters and the principal object thereof is to provide a Cane cutter of few parts and of durable and practical construction.

The invention includes the embodimentof inwardly oonverging cutt-ing knives carried on a platform, the latter being mounted upon runners, and further resides in guide means for direct-ing the canc to the lniives, and includes means for assisting` the cutting of the stallzs of Cane-by a revolvable element on the platform.

The new and improved canc cutter Will be better understood from perusal of the following detailed description, taken in connection With the accoinpzuaying` drawings, forming part of this spe-cii'ication, and in Whicl Figure 1 is a cane cutter.

Figure 2 is a top plan View. f i

Figure 3 is a top plan vie'flT of the plate upon Which the cutting` Inechanism is arranged; and

Figure el is a detail cross-sectional view through a portion of the plate shown in Figure 3, and along'the line Ll 4-.

Proceeding in accordance With thedrawinge and Whcrcin similar numerals indicate the various parts, 1 denotes the runner spaced apart and uponV which isY attached a platform 2. Tre rear of the machine includes a Supporting plate 3 Which comprises in effect extension of the platform 2.

Spaced apart from one of the runners l is a guide ar a 4, the rear end of Which rests upon the ground, the front portion thereof beingy above the ground as depicted in Figside elevational view of the uro l. As Will be obscrved this vguide arm is disposed at an angle to thc runner I, as

shown in Figuro 2 and is connected to the rear of the machine by bolt-s 5 and the curved member G.

Sccured to the runncrs and sjaccd apart in curif'ed relation are guide bars 7 and S, and attached to the-guide arm l is a guide bar 9, the inward end of the latter bar being fastened to an upright or post 10.

The cutting means consists of a plate ll cut diagonally to form the cutting cdges 12 f and 13, as shown in Figure a. This plate is attached to one of the ruA icrs andL to the guide arm 4 and the cutting` edgcs 12 and 13 at their converging` ends form a recess 14: in which a stalk of Cane is received. The 'talk is partly severed by the icuttinrf eoa'es 12 and 13 and the stalk after being` uirected into the recess 14 is completely severed, the succeeding stalks forcing the cutting edgcs against the star-shapcd Wheel 15. Depending upon the angle at Which the stalk ina-y be received between the converging cuttinaj cdfl'es f the plate, some of the stalks will be completely severed before reachingl the recess 14-, but the star-shaped Wheel Will complete the operation of severance of the stalks should any of them not be completely severed between the cutting edges of the plate. If desired some means may be cmployed to connect the star-shapcd Wheel to the inoveinent of the machine. Obviously, also, other changes may be made .in the construction of the machine, in leeping With the appended claims.

I claim:

l. In a cane cutter, the combination of runners spaced apart from one of the runncrs, a plate spanning the guide arm one of the runners; said plate. havii J a V shapcd cut-away portion terininating in a rec-ess disposed of an angle to the cutavay portion, and including cut-ting` edgos4 2. In a cane cutter, the combination of runners spaced apart, a platform on the runners, a ide arm diagonally spaccd apart from one of thc runners, a plate spanhiing the guide arm and onc of the runners; said plate having' a V shapcd cut-away portion terminating in a recess 14, and including vcutting` edges, a revolvable star shapcd Wheel adjaccnt the reccss for assisting the cutting Operation.

3. A Cane cutter set out in claim 2 and wherein said platform includes gif'dc bars for direct-ing the cane into and from the machine.

In testimony Whereof I affix my signature.

LEE ANKENBAUER. 

